John Bonham

John "Bonzo" Bonham was a UK drummer, born May 31st 1948 in Redditch, Worcestershire. He was the drummer of [a=Led Zeppelin] from when the band started in 1968. Bonham died on Sept. 25, 1980 in Windsor, Berkshire, after an alcohol overdose. Led Zeppelin quit a couple of months after this occasion, realizing that they couldn't live up to the expectations without Bonham. His younger sister [a=Deborah Bonham] is an English rock and blues vocalist.

Bonham was married to Pat Phillips, and the couple had two children; [a=Zoe Bonham] (Zoë) (born 10 June 1975), a singer-songwriter who appears at Led Zeppelin conventions, and [a=Jason Bonham] (born 15 July 1966), a drummer who has played with UFO, Foreigner, and Bonham.